Recommended needle size[always use a needle
size that gives you the gauge
listed below -- every knitter's
gauge is unique] 1
US #6/4mm circular needle; 20 inches or longer

Notions yarn
needle

GAUGE

18 stitches/26 rows = 4 inches
in garter stitch

PATTERN NOTES[Knitty's list of standard abbreviations and techniques can be found here.]

DIRECTIONS
CO 90 stitches. Do not join in round.

Work in garter stitch (knitting every row) until the piece measures 10
inches.

Begin pleating as follows:

First pleatsPleat row 1 [RS]: K10, *pick
up the next stitch from 12 rows (6th
ridge) below, place it on left needle
and knit together the picked up loop
with the next live stitch; repeat from
* 9 more times, k to end.

Knit 17 rows.

Repeat the last 18 rows twice more, then
work Pleat row 1 once more. 4 pleats.

Continue in garter stitch for an additional 6 inches.

Second pleatsPleat row 2 [RS]: K30,
*pick up the next stitch from 12 rows
(6th ridge) below, place it on left
needle and knit together the picked
up loop with the next live stitch;
repeat from * 9 more times, k to end.

Repeat the last 18 rows twice more, then work Pleat row
2 once
more. 8 pleats.

Continue in garter stitch for an additional 6 inches.

Third pleatsPleat row 3 [RS]: K50,
*pick up the next stitch from 12 rows
(6th ridge) below, place it on left
needle and knit together the picked
up loop with the next live stitch;
repeat from * 9 more times, k to end.

Repeat the last 18 rows twice more, then work Pleat row
3 once
more. 12 pleats.

Continue in garter stitch for an additional 6 inches.

Fourth pleatsPleat row 4 [RS]: K70, *pick
up the next stitch from 12 rows (6th
ridge) below, place it on left needle
and knit together the picked up loop
with the next live stitch; repeat from
* 9 more times, k to end.

Repeat the last 18 rows twice more, and work Pleat row 4 once
more. 16 pleats.

Veera Välimäki lives and designs in Southern
Finland. Veera is a master of casting on for new sweaters; she
loves garter stitch and all kinds of short rows. She can’t
wait to teach her little boys to knit.